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Policy Division
A/OPE/PD provides
Department-wide leadership and expertise in the area of
acquisition.
We’re responsible
for:
- Issuing the Department’s
procurement policies and regulations for both domestic and overseas
contracting activities to improve the overall quality of acquisition.
- Promoting the use of
electronic commerce in the Department’s acquisition systems.
- Providing policy and
assistance on various IT procurement issues.
- Providing an independent
Competition Advocate responsible for promoting the acquisition of
commercial items, encouraging competition in contracting, and
challenging barriers to both.
- Managing the Department’s
acquisition career program with the overall goal of improving the
competence of the Department’s acquisition workforce.
- Maintaining the Overseas
Procurement Training Program by providing procurement specialists with
current and relevant acquisition information.
- Providing program management
support to other assigned programs as they relate to the Department’s
acquisition system, including the environmental program.
A/OPE/PD also serves as the Department’s Program Managers for the Worldwide Purchase Card Program, the Acquisition Career Management Program, the Electronic Commerce Program, and the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation Program.
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